The Workshops of David T. Smith Blog

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This was a fun project we did a few years ago in a stone mill on a large horse farm south of Lexington. We redid the upstairs using Shaker style built-ins with hidden features and renovated the downstairs as office space with a "collected" kitchen. This would be a great place to go to work every day! The outside mill stream is beautiful. David T.

We started doing redware pottery in 1984. In the late 1980s I went to England to research early English and German redware. I toured the Victoria and Albert as well as the British museums and came home with hundreds of photos. This was long before I could Google it. The photo below is of a 17th century English reproduction thrown plate just done this week by our master potter Chris Woods. It is awesome. Chris has been with us for 30 years.What a fantastic talent! -David T.

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Here are some photos from a saltbox kitchen we did. This is one of my favorite islands we've ever made. It's two-level, has lap drawers, a lower pantry cupboard on the upper level, a glass display on one end, a cookbook cabinet on the other, and two base cabinets on the range side with our curly maple oil finish countertops. It's a fantastic entertaining and cooking piece. -David T.